by Kenneth Woods | May 8, 2013 | Explore the Score
“It has always been known that the greatest pianoforte players were also the greatest composers; but how did they play? Not like the pianists of today who prance up and down the keyboard with passages in which they have exercised themselves—what does that mean?...
by Kenneth Woods | May 7, 2013 | A view from the podium
I attended my first Scotia Festival as a student in 1993- Peter Lieberson was the composer-of-the-year, Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist-in-the-house. How could I not want to keep coming back? Over the following years I got to meet and work with composers like...
by Kenneth Woods | May 7, 2013 | Headlines, News and Reviews
A review appeared in Tempo Magazine from January 2013 of the Orchestra of the Swan’s “Trumpet Shall Sound” concert. A short excerpt follows Although John McCabe’s Rainforest II, of 1987, is in effect a chamber concerto for trumpet and 11...
by Kenneth Woods | May 3, 2013 | A view from the podium
KENNETH WOODS RELEASES HANS GÁL’S SYMPHONY NO. 2 AND SCHUMANN’S SYMPHONY NO. 4 WITH ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN ON AVIE THIRD OF FOUR-DISC SERIES Kenneth Woods, Principal Guest Conductor of Stratford-upon-Avon based Orchestra of the Swan, has made...
by Kenneth Woods | May 1, 2013 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
A new review from American Record Guide for “Spring Sounds, Spring Seas.” AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE – MAY/JUNE 2013 Spring Sounds, Spring Seas James Nyoraku Schlefer (1956-). Haru No Umi Redux, for shakuhachi, koto & ensemble (2011) [10:26] ...
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